**Hands-On Review: Apple iPhone SE (2020) with A13 Bionic Processor**

The new Apple iPhone SE, powered by the A13 Bionic processor, is an exciting addition to the iPhone family. With its impressive camera capabilities and affordable price point of $400, it's no wonder this phone is generating a lot of buzz among tech enthusiasts. In this hands-on review, we'll dive into the details of what makes this phone so special.

One of the standout features of the iPhone SE is its camera. The A13 Bionic processor allows for some truly impressive photos and videos. With just one glance at the pictures I took with my iPhone SE, you can see the level of detail and quality that's available. Whether it's a close-up shot of the sneakers or a wide-angle view of the cityscape, the camera on this phone delivers. And it's not just stills - the video capabilities are also top-notch, with 4K resolution at 60 frames per second. For those who want to use their iPhone SE for more creative pursuits or video production, this feature is sure to be a game-changer.

Another area where the iPhone SE shines is in its performance. The A13 Bionic processor is a powerhouse that can handle even the most demanding tasks with ease. I put this phone through its paces by doing some gaming and light photo editing, and I was impressed by how seamlessly it handled everything. Whether you're playing the latest games or editing a video, the iPhone SE doesn't skip a beat.

In terms of battery life, the iPhone SE is also a pleasant surprise. Despite being on the smaller side, this phone has managed to clock in some impressive hours on screen time - around 4 hours and 26 minutes, to be exact. And with fast charging capabilities, you can quickly top up your battery when you need to.

One thing that's worth noting is that the iPhone SE is not a rehashed version of an older iPhone model. Instead, it's a brand-new device that boasts some impressive features at an affordable price point. This makes it an excellent option for those who want to upgrade from an older iPhone but can't quite justify spending over $1,000.

As I wrap up my time with the iPhone SE, I'm left feeling impressed and excited about this phone's potential. With its outstanding camera capabilities, seamless performance, and impressive battery life, it's no wonder this is a top contender in the mid-range smartphone market. And at $400, it's an absolute steal.

**Update: Watching Mark Cuzick's Video**

I recently had the chance to watch Mark Cuzick's video on his iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard, and I must say, I'm intrigued by the potential of this device. The camera capabilities on this phone are indeed impressive, and I can see why Mark would be excited about it.

**Battery Life Update**

As I wrap up my day with the iPhone SE, I wanted to give you an update on the battery life. Currently, we're at 36% capacity, which is still plenty enough to get me through the rest of the day. And with fast charging capabilities, I know that if I need a quick top-up, it'll be there in no time.

**Performance and Camera**

The A13 Bionic processor is certainly living up to its promises, handling even the most demanding tasks with ease. And the camera? It's simply fantastic. Whether you're taking photos or videos, this phone delivers in spades. I've been experimenting with different settings and modes, and I'm impressed by how well it performs.

**Screen On Time**

With an impressive 4 hours and 26 minutes of screen on time, I know that the iPhone SE is going to be a reliable companion throughout the day. Of course, this is just one metric - but it gives you an idea of how long this phone can keep up with your busy lifestyle.

**Fast Charging**

One of the standout features of the iPhone SE is its fast charging capabilities. With 50% battery life restored in under 30 minutes, this feature is a game-changer for those who are always on-the-go.

**Verdict: Easy Recommendation**

In my opinion, the iPhone SE is an easy recommendation for anyone looking for a reliable and affordable smartphone. With its outstanding camera capabilities, seamless performance, and impressive battery life, it's hard to go wrong with this phone. And at $400, it's a steal.

**Will You Get an iPhone SE?**

Mother's Day is just around the corner, and I've got my eye on picking up one of these phones for my mom. What about you - will you be getting an iPhone SE?

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's going on guys travel consumer and today we are spending a real day in the life with the iPhone se not technically - but the version we got in 2020 you guys are gonna basically spend the day with me and the phone learn all of its features see what it's all about but right now I'm shooting on the front-facing camera of the iPhone se II and it's interesting I'm seeing a lot of overexposed stuff in the viewfinder at least what's on the screen so it looks like these white areas are really really white so you can't really see a lot of detail I don't know we'll see how it looks on the computer but right now I got my girl cookie over here and cookie wants to go for a walk right Mona you want to go in the grass let's go go check it out sorry I'm all for that so this right here guys is the rear camera that's what the quality looks like here and from what I can tell right now just from the viewfinder on the screen looks pretty darn good we knew that you can get such crazy video quality out of $400 phone hey cookie there we go just want to see the face real quick mama shake don't be scared and you'll do nothing to shake there we go acting all scared for the camera this quality though man looks kind of crazy okay so now let's talk about something for a second well the iPhone se looks like an iPhone 8 and a lot of people basically say this is just an iPhone 8 there are a few key differences that we got to talk about now obviously when you look at the body of these two phones they look pretty much the same they really are the same but they do have a few aesthetic differences now I believe this one was technically called the silver this is the iPhone 8 over here in this hand and this is the iPhone se now this is white and you guys can kind of see the difference here this one has like a darker shade to it compared to the iPhone so they're really trying to hit that white while this was that silver so you know that makes sense they changed the logo they took away the iPhone gave it an overall cleaner look and when you look up front you can also see that they kind of changed things here now it has the black front and every color option you choose for the iPhone se has this black front so you won't have that white like you saw or silver like you saw if you went with this option so I like that I know a lot of people like the red and black combo that was a huge thing back in the day and so now you can have that option if you'd like and it comes straight from Apple so you do get a lot of same things here in terms of the overall body but those are like the main key differences in terms of the aesthetics but we are looking at like the same camera although things are different in the camera and we'll talk about that you get the same home button you get the same buttons on the sides you get those volume controls you get that power button everything else pretty much matches up but you know new internals so yes this thing does have the body of an iPhone 8 but it is not an iPhone 8 by any means this thing has the a 13 Bionic processor which is a really big deal here and what makes it a really great value now and I know a lot of people are gonna hear a 13 buy on a processor talk blah blah blah but you gotta pay attention to that because it's what makes this thing have all the value that it has so not only are you getting a device that looks like an iPhone 8 but you're getting something that has the power of an iPhone 11 Pro 11 Pro max 11 whatever you want to say last year's phones the most recent ones are pretty powerful devices and this is right up there with them now how does that translate to someone like the average consumer well you even have like this camera lens right even though this is the iPhone 8 camera lens because it has that a 13 Bionic chip you're gonna get better picture quality and video quality out of this phone it's a new camera system because it has that processor it's just able to do a lot more than it could in the past with the older processor so there's a lot more to this phone than just the hardware side of things but before we go on I do want to talk about the fact that this phone has a 4.7 inch display and coming from a phone like the iPhone 11 pro max it is a huge huge difference guys so if you're coming from something like the iPhone 10 or up I don't know if this is gonna be the phone that you want to go to unless you're really looking to change that form factor because man this screen is a lot a lot smaller take a look at this the phone fits completely inside of the screen of the iPhone 11 pro max but I will say in the hand it feels absolutely awesome easy to use but one thing though guys is those bezels they're no joke but the trade-off here is at least you get that home button which I personally love it makes getting into the phone a breeze like I can I can live with that all day guys and just to give you guys a bit of a battery update it is 255 and we are currently at 64% so that's actually not too bad let's see what the screen on time is so right here it says I've been using it for about two hours so that's not too bad but right now guys I need to get this place cleaned up because it is a mess being down here for so long during this whole quarantine has caused this place to get a little bit messy so I gotta clean it up get this place together and then area and I will be going for a walk and we're gonna take this guy with this alright so I finished cleaning up for the most part I think I've did a pretty decent job here at least for now got here a bit cleaned up I actually recorded all of that that you guys saw it in the time-lapse set time-lapse pretty weird just now but the time-lapse was recorded with this it is weird though one of the time lapses didn't really work out this one's fine this one was just continuing to load I don't really know what happened here but that one is not going to be recovered so we just got these guys not really sure what happened there but either way here is pretty much cleaned up and it is time to go on a little walk with Harry these cables though I definitely got to work on that maybe I'll make a video out of this okay guys so Harry and I are on our little walk right now as you want to jump in the camera say hi to two people I knew that's as much as she'd give you guys but yeah while we're out here I figured why not take a look at how bright the screen gets when you're outdoors now when you're outside the screen definitely gets plenty bright I don't think anybody would have any issue even though we got a little Sun it's a pretty cloudy day but we got some Sun behind us right now I can see the screen just fine but something I did notice since I am using an iPhone 11 Pro as my main daily driver I did notice that this is a bit dimmer than those phones this one's rated at about 600 nits and the iPhone 11 Pro is you know 900 nits so I can expect to see a decrease in brightness Audrey's got hers over here but when you're outdoors you don't really see the difference that much I just just little something I notice inside but like I said before you're not gonna be going from one of those phones to this one most likely so it won't really be an issue I say all that to say this looks fine when you're outside and look who else is on this little walk of ours monster say what's up to the people you want here for your second scene she's like listen man we all got time for you right now I got grass to smell paving it to walk on so something we'd like to do guys when we're walking is listen to music you guys can see anything let me take this out of dark mode for a second okay yeah I guess he finds the camera I can tell you can't but yeah we got some music here guys cuz we like to listen to music while we go for these little walks and it's nice that these this phone you know has those features that you'd expect from even the newer devices like audio sharing so I have my air pods over here arrey has hers so we can just hit that button right here I'll send in the request to share audio ira got the notification on her phone so she's gonna join and we both got our headphones on right now we still have access to all the controls and we listen to some oh sure you hear just fine all right let's do this walk cookie you don't got air pots but it's cool you can listen for the birds chirp now thankfully with the SE you still get access to portrait mode photos but it'll work pretty much like the iPhone 10 are and if you remember that one it basically took portrait mode photos of people but not things like pets or inanimate objects so if I can take a picture of our girl cookie over here try to go to portrait mode it can see cookies the subject but it says no person detected at the top of the screen so it's not gonna work out but if I flip to the front-facing camera I get access to portrait mode and I could take a decent shot edge detection actually looks pretty good on this so you can get those nice blurry background shots with the portrait mode using the front-facing camera on a person or the rear camera on a person but not stuff like my beautiful dog cookie over here or anything like I don't know a Gundam inanimate objects that's not gonna work and just like we're used to with iPhones the camera quality is absolutely there now even when we had the iPhone eight we were all very impressed with the camera but with that new a13 bionic you're able to get some really really dope shots with a lot of detail like you can see some of these pictures that I took with like just the sneakers you zoom in on that and you're gonna get a lot of nice detail there the colors look good I got some amazing photos of cookie and it doesn't just stop there you also get great video quality at 4k you can even get 4k 60 frames per second which for a lot of people that doesn't mean much but for those who want to use this phone to do a little bit more some creative work or something you'll be able to pull that off when you think about the fact that this phone is just four hundred bucks you're probably looking at one of the best cameras on a smartphone in this price range because usually when there's those mid tier phones you got to give up a little something and cameras usually are the first thing to go but that's not what we're seeing here all right so we are back from the walk watching my boy mark cuz he just dropped his video on the iPad pros magic keyboard this is something I really want to get my hands on so this is gonna be a good video to watch check it out before I already made the plunge but I just don't know what I'm getting into now that I bought it but yeah just a real quick update on in terms of the battery life we're at 36% you guys and it's 506 I've actually been putting this phone through the ringer today with all the camera stuff I've been doing some gaming on it so I'm actually pretty impressed that it survived for this long I'm pretty sure I'll have to charge it in like a couple of hours but I can see someone getting through a workday or school day with this phone without it really being an issue now that's also another benefit of having the a13 Bionic processor it's gonna be a bit more battery efficient than let's say the iPhone eight was and I know I keep comparing it to the iPhone eight but I think it's worth talking about because I have a feeling a lot of people are going to assume that this thing is basically a rehashed iPhone 8 it kinda is but it's a bit more than that - but yeah I'm gonna get back to watching this video and when it comes to performance the SD doesn't skip a beat I was able to do all the things I normally do on my iPhone 11 Pro max which is usually a lot of gaming and it handled everything just fine the camera and processor also good enough even if you wanted to do some light photo editing you could but I probably wouldn't do anything complex on this size screen like edit a video but it's just crazy to think that there's a phone out there that matches the performance of thousand plus dollar phones while it only costs 400 bucks all right guys about to wind down head to bed but first I'm gonna put together a model kit really quickly or at least some of it but before I do that just want to give you guys the final battery update we got 1% left it's 10:00 p.m. and in terms of screen on time we're looking at about 4 hours and 26 minutes so about 4 and a half hours with this phone you're not gonna get a crazy battery capacity like with the new iPhones 4 hours is pretty decent but luckily this thing does have fast charging so if you wanted to go ahead and throw a fast charger on it you can get 50% back within 30 minutes so you can still take advantage of this phone even if you know it's about to die on you in the middle of the day but overall guys I am not mad at this phone this is honestly an easy recommendation if you're on a budget you are not going to find an iPhone cheaper than this brand new or a not a budget phone that's going to really be able to compete with this in the way that this is able to perform and 20:20 seems to have been a really good year for Apple they're doing a lot of listening so this is a really good phone for anyone who wants an iPhone but doesn't want to spend you know above a thousand bucks Apple did a good job with the price point here it's really hard to complain when you've got this kind of value at this price point but I want to know what you guys think is the iPhone se something you're gonna pick up I'm definitely gonna be grabbing one for my mom Mother's Day is right around the corner so I mean there's no better time but that about wraps it up guys if you enjoyed it be the cool guy girl that give it a thumbs up and I'm gonna catch you guys in the next one till then peace cookie sneaking offwhat's going on guys travel consumer and today we are spending a real day in the life with the iPhone se not technically - but the version we got in 2020 you guys are gonna basically spend the day with me and the phone learn all of its features see what it's all about but right now I'm shooting on the front-facing camera of the iPhone se II and it's interesting I'm seeing a lot of overexposed stuff in the viewfinder at least what's on the screen so it looks like these white areas are really really white so you can't really see a lot of detail I don't know we'll see how it looks on the computer but right now I got my girl cookie over here and cookie wants to go for a walk right Mona you want to go in the grass let's go go check it out sorry I'm all for that so this right here guys is the rear camera that's what the quality looks like here and from what I can tell right now just from the viewfinder on the screen looks pretty darn good we knew that you can get such crazy video quality out of $400 phone hey cookie there we go just want to see the face real quick mama shake don't be scared and you'll do nothing to shake there we go acting all scared for the camera this quality though man looks kind of crazy okay so now let's talk about something for a second well the iPhone se looks like an iPhone 8 and a lot of people basically say this is just an iPhone 8 there are a few key differences that we got to talk about now obviously when you look at the body of these two phones they look pretty much the same they really are the same but they do have a few aesthetic differences now I believe this one was technically called the silver this is the iPhone 8 over here in this hand and this is the iPhone se now this is white and you guys can kind of see the difference here this one has like a darker shade to it compared to the iPhone so they're really trying to hit that white while this was that silver so you know that makes sense they changed the logo they took away the iPhone gave it an overall cleaner look and when you look up front you can also see that they kind of changed things here now it has the black front and every color option you choose for the iPhone se has this black front so you won't have that white like you saw or silver like you saw if you went with this option so I like that I know a lot of people like the red and black combo that was a huge thing back in the day and so now you can have that option if you'd like and it comes straight from Apple so you do get a lot of same things here in terms of the overall body but those are like the main key differences in terms of the aesthetics but we are looking at like the same camera although things are different in the camera and we'll talk about that you get the same home button you get the same buttons on the sides you get those volume controls you get that power button everything else pretty much matches up but you know new internals so yes this thing does have the body of an iPhone 8 but it is not an iPhone 8 by any means this thing has the a 13 Bionic processor which is a really big deal here and what makes it a really great value now and I know a lot of people are gonna hear a 13 buy on a processor talk blah blah blah but you gotta pay attention to that because it's what makes this thing have all the value that it has so not only are you getting a device that looks like an iPhone 8 but you're getting something that has the power of an iPhone 11 Pro 11 Pro max 11 whatever you want to say last year's phones the most recent ones are pretty powerful devices and this is right up there with them now how does that translate to someone like the average consumer well you even have like this camera lens right even though this is the iPhone 8 camera lens because it has that a 13 Bionic chip you're gonna get better picture quality and video quality out of this phone it's a new camera system because it has that processor it's just able to do a lot more than it could in the past with the older processor so there's a lot more to this phone than just the hardware side of things but before we go on I do want to talk about the fact that this phone has a 4.7 inch display and coming from a phone like the iPhone 11 pro max it is a huge huge difference guys so if you're coming from something like the iPhone 10 or up I don't know if this is gonna be the phone that you want to go to unless you're really looking to change that form factor because man this screen is a lot a lot smaller take a look at this the phone fits completely inside of the screen of the iPhone 11 pro max but I will say in the hand it feels absolutely awesome easy to use but one thing though guys is those bezels they're no joke but the trade-off here is at least you get that home button which I personally love it makes getting into the phone a breeze like I can I can live with that all day guys and just to give you guys a bit of a battery update it is 255 and we are currently at 64% so that's actually not too bad let's see what the screen on time is so right here it says I've been using it for about two hours so that's not too bad but right now guys I need to get this place cleaned up because it is a mess being down here for so long during this whole quarantine has caused this place to get a little bit messy so I gotta clean it up get this place together and then area and I will be going for a walk and we're gonna take this guy with this alright so I finished cleaning up for the most part I think I've did a pretty decent job here at least for now got here a bit cleaned up I actually recorded all of that that you guys saw it in the time-lapse set time-lapse pretty weird just now but the time-lapse was recorded with this it is weird though one of the time lapses didn't really work out this one's fine this one was just continuing to load I don't really know what happened here but that one is not going to be recovered so we just got these guys not really sure what happened there but either way here is pretty much cleaned up and it is time to go on a little walk with Harry these cables though I definitely got to work on that maybe I'll make a video out of this okay guys so Harry and I are on our little walk right now as you want to jump in the camera say hi to two people I knew that's as much as she'd give you guys but yeah while we're out here I figured why not take a look at how bright the screen gets when you're outdoors now when you're outside the screen definitely gets plenty bright I don't think anybody would have any issue even though we got a little Sun it's a pretty cloudy day but we got some Sun behind us right now I can see the screen just fine but something I did notice since I am using an iPhone 11 Pro as my main daily driver I did notice that this is a bit dimmer than those phones this one's rated at about 600 nits and the iPhone 11 Pro is you know 900 nits so I can expect to see a decrease in brightness Audrey's got hers over here but when you're outdoors you don't really see the difference that much I just just little something I notice inside but like I said before you're not gonna be going from one of those phones to this one most likely so it won't really be an issue I say all that to say this looks fine when you're outside and look who else is on this little walk of ours monster say what's up to the people you want here for your second scene she's like listen man we all got time for you right now I got grass to smell paving it to walk on so something we'd like to do guys when we're walking is listen to music you guys can see anything let me take this out of dark mode for a second okay yeah I guess he finds the camera I can tell you can't but yeah we got some music here guys cuz we like to listen to music while we go for these little walks and it's nice that these this phone you know has those features that you'd expect from even the newer devices like audio sharing so I have my air pods over here arrey has hers so we can just hit that button right here I'll send in the request to share audio ira got the notification on her phone so she's gonna join and we both got our headphones on right now we still have access to all the controls and we listen to some oh sure you hear just fine all right let's do this walk cookie you don't got air pots but it's cool you can listen for the birds chirp now thankfully with the SE you still get access to portrait mode photos but it'll work pretty much like the iPhone 10 are and if you remember that one it basically took portrait mode photos of people but not things like pets or inanimate objects so if I can take a picture of our girl cookie over here try to go to portrait mode it can see cookies the subject but it says no person detected at the top of the screen so it's not gonna work out but if I flip to the front-facing camera I get access to portrait mode and I could take a decent shot edge detection actually looks pretty good on this so you can get those nice blurry background shots with the portrait mode using the front-facing camera on a person or the rear camera on a person but not stuff like my beautiful dog cookie over here or anything like I don't know a Gundam inanimate objects that's not gonna work and just like we're used to with iPhones the camera quality is absolutely there now even when we had the iPhone eight we were all very impressed with the camera but with that new a13 bionic you're able to get some really really dope shots with a lot of detail like you can see some of these pictures that I took with like just the sneakers you zoom in on that and you're gonna get a lot of nice detail there the colors look good I got some amazing photos of cookie and it doesn't just stop there you also get great video quality at 4k you can even get 4k 60 frames per second which for a lot of people that doesn't mean much but for those who want to use this phone to do a little bit more some creative work or something you'll be able to pull that off when you think about the fact that this phone is just four hundred bucks you're probably looking at one of the best cameras on a smartphone in this price range because usually when there's those mid tier phones you got to give up a little something and cameras usually are the first thing to go but that's not what we're seeing here all right so we are back from the walk watching my boy mark cuz he just dropped his video on the iPad pros magic keyboard this is something I really want to get my hands on so this is gonna be a good video to watch check it out before I already made the plunge but I just don't know what I'm getting into now that I bought it but yeah just a real quick update on in terms of the battery life we're at 36% you guys and it's 506 I've actually been putting this phone through the ringer today with all the camera stuff I've been doing some gaming on it so I'm actually pretty impressed that it survived for this long I'm pretty sure I'll have to charge it in like a couple of hours but I can see someone getting through a workday or school day with this phone without it really being an issue now that's also another benefit of having the a13 Bionic processor it's gonna be a bit more battery efficient than let's say the iPhone eight was and I know I keep comparing it to the iPhone eight but I think it's worth talking about because I have a feeling a lot of people are going to assume that this thing is basically a rehashed iPhone 8 it kinda is but it's a bit more than that - but yeah I'm gonna get back to watching this video and when it comes to performance the SD doesn't skip a beat I was able to do all the things I normally do on my iPhone 11 Pro max which is usually a lot of gaming and it handled everything just fine the camera and processor also good enough even if you wanted to do some light photo editing you could but I probably wouldn't do anything complex on this size screen like edit a video but it's just crazy to think that there's a phone out there that matches the performance of thousand plus dollar phones while it only costs 400 bucks all right guys about to wind down head to bed but first I'm gonna put together a model kit really quickly or at least some of it but before I do that just want to give you guys the final battery update we got 1% left it's 10:00 p.m. and in terms of screen on time we're looking at about 4 hours and 26 minutes so about 4 and a half hours with this phone you're not gonna get a crazy battery capacity like with the new iPhones 4 hours is pretty decent but luckily this thing does have fast charging so if you wanted to go ahead and throw a fast charger on it you can get 50% back within 30 minutes so you can still take advantage of this phone even if you know it's about to die on you in the middle of the day but overall guys I am not mad at this phone this is honestly an easy recommendation if you're on a budget you are not going to find an iPhone cheaper than this brand new or a not a budget phone that's going to really be able to compete with this in the way that this is able to perform and 20:20 seems to have been a really good year for Apple they're doing a lot of listening so this is a really good phone for anyone who wants an iPhone but doesn't want to spend you know above a thousand bucks Apple did a good job with the price point here it's really hard to complain when you've got this kind of value at this price point but I want to know what you guys think is the iPhone se something you're gonna pick up I'm definitely gonna be grabbing one for my mom Mother's Day is right around the corner so I mean there's no better time but that about wraps it up guys if you enjoyed it be the cool guy girl that give it a thumbs up and I'm gonna catch you guys in the next one till then peace cookie sneaking off\n"